Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Afghan (Pashto: افغان; see etymology) refers to something from Afghanistan, particularly a citizen of that country. Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian speakers and those influenced by the Persian language to denote mostly the Pashtun people. In modern times, "Afghan" is still used as an ethnic term as well as the national demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan. However from the Indian subcontinent, the exonym "Pathan", derived from Indo-Aryan languages is used instead of Afghan. "Pashtun" and variants from the native ethnonym for the Pashtun people, which appears in European publications of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, but is now largely used in a linguistic sense for native speakers of Pashto.[citation needed]According to Encyclopædia Iranica, the word Afghan (afḡān) in current political usage means any citizen of Afghanistan, whatever their tribal, or religious affiliation. According to the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, all Afghans are equal in rights and obligations before the law. The fourth article of the current Constitution of Afghanistan states that citizens of Afghanistan consist of Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen, Aymaq, Arab, Baluch, Pashayi, Nuristani, Qezelbash, Gujjars, Brahui, and members of other tribes. However ongoing controversy arises when determining the status of Pashtuns living beyond the Durrand line as well as those in the diaspora, determining their status as Afghan citizens on basis of ethnic grounds.(see Jus sanguinis) This would mean everyone of Pashtun or Pathan descent would be considered Afghan. As an adjective, the word Afghan also means "of or relating to Afghanistan or its people, language, or culture", or it can mean exclusively to only Pashtuns aka Pathans relating to people of the Pashtun regions excluding other ethnic groups.. }
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- Afghan abstract "Afghan (Pashto: افغان; see etymology) refers to something from Afghanistan, particularly a citizen of that country. Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian speakers and those influenced by the Persian language to denote mostly the Pashtun people. In modern times, "Afghan" is still used as an ethnic term as well as the national demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan. However from the Indian subcontinent, the exonym "Pathan", derived from Indo-Aryan languages is used instead of Afghan. "Pashtun" and variants from the native ethnonym for the Pashtun people, which appears in European publications of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, but is now largely used in a linguistic sense for native speakers of Pashto.[citation needed]According to Encyclopædia Iranica, the word Afghan (afḡān) in current political usage means any citizen of Afghanistan, whatever their tribal, or religious affiliation. According to the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, all Afghans are equal in rights and obligations before the law. The fourth article of the current Constitution of Afghanistan states that citizens of Afghanistan consist of Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen, Aymaq, Arab, Baluch, Pashayi, Nuristani, Qezelbash, Gujjars, Brahui, and members of other tribes. However ongoing controversy arises when determining the status of Pashtuns living beyond the Durrand line as well as those in the diaspora, determining their status as Afghan citizens on basis of ethnic grounds.(see Jus sanguinis) This would mean everyone of Pashtun or Pathan descent would be considered Afghan. As an adjective, the word Afghan also means "of or relating to Afghanistan or its people, language, or culture", or it can mean exclusively to only Pashtuns aka Pathans relating to people of the Pashtun regions excluding other ethnic groups.".